A Foregone Conclusion

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A Foregone Conclusion : Phrases

Meaning:

A decision made before the evidence for it is known. An inevitable conclusion.


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Origin:

From Shakespeare's Othello, 1604:

OTHELLO:

But this denoted a foregone conclusion:
'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream.

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